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MACRO ADVICE FOR RUNNING ADS FOR TOURNEYS
KEEP YOUR ADS SIMPLE AND TO THE POINT. ALWAYS TRY TO KEEP THEM CENTERED
IN LOBBY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND DON'T MAKE THEM TO WIDE, EVEN IF IT LOOKS OK TO YOU, BECAUSE DIFFERANT SCREEN RESOLUTIONS,
ALONG WITH OTHER REASONS, WILL MAKE YOUR ADS HARD FOR SOME TO READ. ITS ALWAYS FUN TO MAKE THEM FANCY, BUT DON'T GO OVERBOARD
WITH LONG TOURNEY NAMES OR TOO MUCH TO READ. HAVE FUN TD-ING ;-)
SEE INFO AT BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE, IF YOU ARE A TD AND YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE SOME SIMPLE
CHANGES TO MAKE YOUR TOURNEY PAGE EASIER TO READ AND LOOK CUSTOMIZED
HOW TO GET STARTED SAVING FILES TO LINK TO:
Pick a free site storage
site or choose 1 from my "cool links" page. When you get into file manager, create a new directory and name it "trnypics"
for example. Upload your saved files into that file, not the base directory. Once you are done, go back to your new
directory and right click on each file, open in new window. Copy and paste each file "url address" into notepad or something
like that, one by one until you have finished. Save notepad to somewhere easily accessible like desktop or move into links
on your browser. Now, when you create a tourney, all you do is open this notepad file, copy and paste the file you want
to use to the appropriate box on customize tourney layout page(image or backgound). If your file has %'s in the url, it is
too large and will not work. Thats basically all there is to it! The url should look something like this for example: http://users.igl.net/rescue3rg/eplogo.gif If you are new at this, pick a
background with 1 main color, not white or multi-color. once you get the hang of what text colors are visible with what background,
then you can start experimenting. Have Fun!
read on to learn more........
SO, NOW YOU WANT TO JAZZ UP YOUR TOURNEY PAGE?
GETTING STARTED...WHEN CUSTOMIZING TOURNEY PAGE BACKGROUNDS, BE SURE
TO MAKE BACKGROUND COLOR TEXT CLOSE TO THE SAME COLOR AS BACKGROUND ITSELF, SO WHEN STANDINGS ARE UP, YOU CAN READ THEM.
ALWAYS CREATE YOUR TOURNEY WITH ENOUGH TIME TO MESS AROUND WITH COLORS AND IMAGES SO THAT ITS ALL EASY TO READ BY AD TIME.
IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH CUSTOMIZING, JUST USE ANY OF THE NUMEROUS BACKGROUNDS PROVIDED ON CUSTOMIZING PAGE AND TRY
INSERTING JUST AN IMAGE FILE FOR TOP OF YOUR TOURNEY PAGE, TO JAZZ IT UP A LITTLE, TILL YOU GET THE HANG OF IT AND
YOU'LL FIND THAT WORKS WELL AND ITS EASY.
BELOW, YOU WILL SEE A DISCRIPTION OF WHAT THE TEXT CODE BOX'S CONTROL,
CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO SEE A CUSTOMIZED TOURNEY PAGE LAYOUT WITH VERY HELPFUL INFO FOR ALL TD'S.
| CLICK HERE TO SEE CUSTOMIZE TOURNEY PAGE |
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THANKS TO JEN ;-)
Tricks for Tourney Page Customizing:
- FOR RULES THAT LINE UP VERTICALY,1 THRU WHATEVER,USE THIS AFTER EACH RULE ONCE YOU HAVE THEM IN PLACE.
<br><br> I.E. YAHOO NAMES MUST MATCH<br><br>
THE MORE <br>'s ,THE MORE SPACE YOU GET BETWEEN RULES . I use 2. ANOTHER WAY IS TO USE <h2> IN FRONT OF EACH RULE AND END EACH RULE WITH </h2> THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER WAYS TO DO THE SAME THING BUT
THESE 2 ARE THE EASIEST.
- IF YOU USE ARIAL BLACK AS YOUR TEXT FONT, IT WILL BE EASIER TO READ THAN
ARIAL. JUST TYPE "BLACK" AFTER ARIAL IN TEXT BOX.
- IF YOU WANT RULES TO LINE UP ON THE LEFT AND WANT TO USE COLOR TEXT OR ENLARGE TEXT, ADD THIS CODE
AT THE VERY TOP BEFORE RULES IN CUSTOMIZE RULES BOX AND ADJUST COLOR AND TEXT SIZE AS WANTED. JUST TYPE COLOR WANTED WHERE GOLD IS. SIZE 4 WORKS GREAT FOR ME <fontcolor="gold"size="4"><left>
YOU KNOW THAT BOX ON THE MAIN CUSTOMIZE TOURNEY PAGE THAT SAYS CUSTOM HTML? USE IT TO ADVERTISE ANYTHING
YOU WANT PLAYERS TO KNOW ,LIKE....PLEASE FINISH OTHER GAMES BEFORE TOURNEY STARTS OR PLEASE READ THE RULES,BEFORE REGISTERING. WHATEVER
YOU WANT. IT WILL SHOW UP ABOVE LINKS ON YOUR TOURNEY MAIN PAGE. USE THIS CODE THEN ADD THE DESIRED
COLOR AND YOUR TEXT,
<font color="white" size="4"><center>YOUR TEXT HERE </center>
- ADDING <center> BEFORE TEXT AND </center>
AFTER TEXT, WILL CENTER IT ON YOUR PAGE.
- TRY STARTING WITH JUST ADDING <br><br> AS STATED IN #1 ABOVE,
TO SEE HOW IT WORKS.
- USE THE HTML LINKS AT TOP OF THIS PAGE TO LEARN OTHER LITTLE TRICKS. ;-)
WANT TO GET CREATIVE? TRY USING THIS FOR A SCROLLING MARQUEE AND ADD YOUR MESSAGE WHERE
IT SAYS "YOUR TEXT HERE"
<marquee>your
text here</marquee>
THIS CAN BE USED FOR TOURNEY NAME, LOCATION
OF TOURNEY, OR IN CUSTOM HTML BOX.
USE <MARQUEE
BGCOLOR=BLUE>YOUR TEXT HERE</MARQUEE> TO ADD COLOR TO BACKGROUND TO
YOUR SCROLLING TEXT.
NOTE: WHEN USING THE ABOVE IN "LOCATION BOX" YOU ARE LIMITED IN SPACE SO KEEP IT SHORT
(TEXT=10 CHARACTERS)
IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR BACKGROUND TO BE STATIONARY AND ONLY HAVE THE TEXT MOVE, ON PAGES WHEN
YOU HAVE TO SCROLL, TRY PASTING THIS FIRST(BEFORE YOUR TEXT) IN RULES AND CUSTOM HTML BOX.
<body bgproperties="fixed">
IMPORTANT:TO TEST ANY OF THIS FIRST, (HINT: GOOD
IDEA TO DO THAT, LOL) USE THIS LINK TO SEE HOW IT LOOKS. GO THERE, ERASE WHAT IS IN BOX AND ADD YOUR
CODE.
http://www.jmarshall.com/easy/html/testbed.html
NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, USE YOUR TEXT REPLACEMENT PROGRAM AND PUT YOUR 1V1
RULES IN THE BOX. MAKE THE CHANGES YOU WANT AND CLICK DISPLAY. ONCE THEY ARE HOW YOU WANT THEM, COPY AND PASTE THEM
INTO CUSTOM RULES BOX FOR YOUR TOURNEY. I SAVE THIS LAYOUT FOR 1V1 IN MY SHORTKEYS AND NOTEPAD FILES SO
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS COPY AND PASTE.. I ALSO KEEP ANOTHER SET OF REG 1V1 RULES (WITHOUT <br>)FOR HQ.
HERE IS A SAMPLE OF OLD RULES FOR POOL TOURNEY PAGES
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<table border>
<tr> <td>
<font color="gold" size="6"><center><b>
======EP 1v1 Rules ====== <br>
REGULAR 1V1 8 BALL</center><br>
<font color="white" size="4"><left>
1... Every game played on a "fresh" 8-ball/no timer, protected
& RATED table. TD will invite for finals to be played at HQ table<br> <br>
2... Yahoo names must match or you will be
immediately dq'd (NO EXCEPTIONS)<br> <br>
3... If the 8 ball goes in on the break you must restart the game.<br><br>
4... Playing other games at start of tourney WILL get you automatically disqualified from
the tourney, so please finish/cancel any games prior to start time<br><br>
5... No watching at tourney table without players' approval. No coaching or excessive chat
allowed<br><br>
6... If any player is late, booted, mia (or idle for 2 mins), go to HQ and ask TD for a
timer. Also, please invite td to table you are at. Timer is 5 mins and for current round only, except 10 mins in final. 3
legit timers in a game = disqualified.<br><br>
7... NO cheating, NO SWEARING, NO force forfeit or you WILL be immediately disqualified.
ANY harassment of other players (in the tourney or not) or harassment of the TD, WILL also get you disqualified.<br>
<br>
8... In case of yahoo glitches, unless 2 players can settle the problem themselves, (privately).
TD must always go by yahoo profile. TD has final decision and will always try to be as fair as possible, REMEMBER...YAHOO
GLITCHES HAPPEN TO US ALL, ....its just a game! ;-)<br><br>
9... ONCE AGAIN... player on upper tab creates table and invites other player<br><br>
10... Welcome to my Tourney, please go to HQ table before start time for rd 1 match-ups and any other
info you might need. Also, please report match results at hq with who won and lost including rd #.<br><br>
<font color="gold" size="6">
<marquee> ~~~MOST IMPORTANTLY...HAVE FUN AND GOOD LUCK ALL~~~ </marquee></b></td>
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THIS IS WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE
======EP 1v1 Rules ======
REGULAR HEAD TO HEAD 8 BALL
1... Every
game played on a "fresh" 8-ball/no timer, protected & RATED table. TD will invite for finals to be played at HQ table
2...
Yahoo names must match or you will be immediately dq'd (NO EXCEPTIONS)
3... If the 8 ball goes in on the break you
must restart the game.
4... Playing other games at start of tourney WILL get you automatically disqualified from the
tourney, so please finish/cancel any games prior to start time
5... No watching at tourney table without players' approval.
No coaching or excessive chat allowed
6... If any player is late, booted, mia (or idle for 2 mins), go to HQ and ask
TD for a timer. Also, please invite td to table you are at. Timer is 5 mins and for current round only, except 10 mins in
final. 3 legit timers in a game = disqualified.
7... NO cheating, NO SWEARING, NO force forfeit or you WILL be immediately
disqualified. ANY harassment of other players (in the tourney or not) or harassment of the TD, WILL also get you disqualified.
8...
In case of yahoo glitches, unless 2 players can settle the problem themselves, (privately). TD must always go by yahoo profile.
TD has final decision and will always try to be as fair as possible, REMEMBER...YAHOO GLITCHES HAPPEN TO US ALL, ....its just
a game! ;-)
9... ONCE AGAIN... player on upper tab creates table and invites other player
10... Welcome to my
Tourney, please go to HQ table before start time for rd 1 match-ups and any other info you might need. Also, please report
match results at hq with who won and lost including rd #.
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ADD SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS OR INFO , ON TOURNEY MAIN PAGE BY
USING "CUSTOM HTML" BOX LOCATED ON "CUSTOMIZE TOURNEY PAGE" LINK. EDIT TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS.
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<table border>
<tr> <td><font color="GOLD" size="4"><CENTER><B>WELCOME
TO MY TOURNEY.</center><center> BEFORE REGISTERING, READ THE RULES FOR TOURNEY BELOW, ALSO, PLEASE FINISH
OR CANCEL OTHER GAMES BEFORE START OF TOURNEY. GOOD LUCK AND MOST OF ALL...HAVE FUN!</B></CENTER></td>
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THIS IS WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE
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WELCOME TO MY TOURNEY.
BEFORE REGISTERING, READ THE RULES FOR TOURNEY BELOW, ALSO, PLEASE FINISH OR CANCEL OTHER GAMES BEFORE START OF TOURNEY.
GOOD LUCK AND MOST OF ALL...HAVE FUN! |
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